Baljit Singh v. Patrick Covello

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 30 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BALJIT SINGH, No. 20-17357

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-02517-KJM-AC v.

PATRICK COVELLO, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kimberly J. Mueller, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 17, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: WATFORD and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN,** District Judge.

California state prisoner Baljit Singh appeals from the district court’s denial

of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under § 2253, and

we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. Singh was sentenced to sixteen years to life in prison following his 2011

conviction for…